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Ice men? Rob Ellerstein ’83 and Peter Cornelius ’83 saw them- selves in this 1980 team photo. Cornelius notes that Peter Mac- Donald ’79 (far right, in necktie) was their student coach, as hockey didn’t become a varsity sport until the next year. Eller- stein says, “Brings back a lot of fond memories.” Cornelius says he still plays hockey weekly and helps coach his son’s team. Jason Kurchner ’81 recalls that the skaters “were the Wom- bats, as were other Skidmore teams” before Skidmore adopted the Thoroughbreds nickname. Bryan Bernart ’80 recalls, “We were awful, but we were a new program and we all had fun. At least now the team doesn’t have to play beer leaguers—that was in- teresting.” Lance Wachen- heim ’85, a rookie in the year after this photo, recog- nizes a few upperclassmen, including two who became his coaches: “goalie Steve Cornell ’81, and I think #14 in the back is Steve Yale

For Jessica Goldberg Farkas ’82 and Helen Makohon ’83, this is a “blast from the past” that’s “too funny to see and remem- ber.” Betsy Linzer Rick- ert &#39;81 remembers the rink where it was shot. And Kathleen Colqu - houn Halm ’81 adds this postscript: “Say it ain’t so! We aren’t that old yet, are we? Should- n’t these archival pho- tos feature people who graduated 40 years ago, not young kids like us?” —SR